On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 2:47 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Some table unregister actions seem to be initiated by the kernel to > garbage collect unused tables that are not initiated by any userspace > actions. It was found to be necessary to add the subject credentials to > cover this case to reveal the source of these actions. A sample record: > > The uid, auid, tty, ses and exe fields have not been included since they > are in the SYSCALL record and contain nothing useful in the non-user > context. > > Here are two sample orphaned records: > > type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-20 12:14:36.505:5) : table=filter family=ipv4 entries=0 op=register pid=1 subj=kernel comm=swapper/0 > > type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-20 12:15:27.701:301) : table=nat family=bridge entries=0 op=unregister pid=30 subj=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 comm=kworker/u4:1 > > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> Merged into audit/next, thanks Richard. -- paul moore www.paul-moore.com